The European Union is mobilising €3 million in emergency humanitarian aid to help Uganda fight the Ebola outbreak that was declared on 20 September.
As part of the package announced on Friday 21 October by the European Commission, €1.5 million is earmarked to support the World Health Organization (WHO) in its coordination and monitoring, logistics and care activities.
One million euros will be allocated to UNICEF for infection prevention and control and risk communication and €500,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross for preparation, prevention and control of infections in the most at-risk refugee camps.
The EU had already allocated €200,000 to the Ugandan Red Cross, €100,000 to the Kenyan Red Cross and €50,000 to the Red Cross in South Sudan to prepare for possible cases.
As of 19 October 2022, 64 confirmed cases of the Sudanese strain of Ebola virus have been reported in Uganda, with 25 confirmed deaths, including four health workers, the Commission said in a statement. (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)